Writing Unit Test for methods that use User.Identity.Name in ASP.NET Web API

Question

I am writing test cases using the Unit Test for ASP.NET Web API.

Now I have an action which makes a call to some method I have defined in the service layer, where I

Answer 1

If you have lots of Controllers to Test then I Would Suggest to create a base class and in the constructor create a GenericIdentity & GenericPrincipal and set Thread.CurrentPrincipal

GenericPrincipal principal = new GenericPrincipal(new 
    GenericIdentity("UserName"),null); Thread.CurrentPrincipal = principal; 

Then Inherit that class .. So that way every Unit Test class will have Principle Object Set

[TestClass]
public class BaseUnitTest
{
    public BaseUnitTest()
    {
      GenericPrincipal principal = new GenericPrincipal(new GenericIdentity("UserName"),null);   
      Thread.CurrentPrincipal = principal;
    }
}


[TestClass]
public class AdminUnitTest : BaseUnitTest
{
   [TestMethod]
   public void Admin_Application_GetAppliction()
   {
   }
}

Answer 2

This is my solution.

var claims = new List<Claim>
{
    new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, "Nikita"),
    new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, "1")
};

var identity = new ClaimsIdentity(claims);
IPrincipal user = new ClaimsPrincipal(identity);

controller.User = user;